“This is my letter to the world/ that never wrote to me” These words demonstrate how Emily Dickinson has a relatively pessimistic view to the world. Being a recluse and introvert who dislikes being around people, Emily Dickinson strongly disagreed with the society around her. Probably a result from her failure to have a relationship with her clergyman, Dickinson disliked the world and felt as if the world was limiting and setting unreasonable expectation on people. In many of her poems, Dickinson often criticized how people praised and value extrinsic beauty and appearance of luxury instead of valuing knowledge and people’s individual mind. Dickinson felt that although she had wrote so many letters complaining how this world should be improved and had indentified the flaw in it, the world never seemed to reply her back. Instead, she probably felt being rejected and isolated. In her life, Emily Dickinson’s poem was continuously rejected and forcefully revised by her publisher. Her talent and art was not recognized until 70 years after her death. I sometimes share the same feeling as Dickinson, feeling that I have been rejected and unrecognized by the world. However, this is the reality of the world. Only with some good luck and perhaps by destiny, we will soon be recognized for our unique talent when the time comes.
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